This week we, of course, review Bleach and Naruto. We also review Fruits Basket, Dan Doh!!, Bible Black, Yojimbo and Fistful of Dollars. Join us for another zany show.
Fruits Basket - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for Crackers.
Dan Doh!! - Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it.
Yojimbo - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for Crackers.
Fistful of Dollars - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for Crackers.
Show Notes
News
Media Blasters to Include Japanese on Bible Black: New Testament DVD
Media Blasters has announced that, due to popular demand, it has been able to reach an agreement with the Japanese licensor allowing MB to release Bible Black: New Testament DVDs with Japanese audio. In June, Bible Black: New Testament volume 2 will include bilingual episodes 3 and 4, and Japanese audio/English subtitled episodes 1 & 2. Episodes 1 & 2 were released in English only on volume 1 in November.
Viz Announces Shojo Beat Video Label
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1531
New Releases
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?new=5
Import Store Offers Free Manga to Scanlators
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1534
Afro Samurai Manga To be Released in North America
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8420
Toon Radio acquires Anime Genesis
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1535
Air Kitty
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8423
Upcoming Manga Launches
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8426
Howl Nominated for Saturn Award
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8427
New Anime Updates
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8428
Canadian National Police Services Removes Misleading Anime Fact Sheet
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8429
New Ghost in the Shell Related Anime
A recent announcement by Bandai Visual mentions a new Ghost in the Shell related anime. Very few details are mentioned, only that the project is a cooperative effort between Production I.G. and Bandai, and that they anticipate a release sometime soon. The video also mentions that more news about the GItS series and other projects will be announced during and after the upcoming Tokyo International Anime Fair.
http://www.c-hotline.com/japanese/user2/conference.cfm…
Satsuki And Mei’s House to Re-Open
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8417
Samurai Seven on IFC and Animania
Animania HD, available nationally on Dish Network (Ch. 9474), will have the U.S. TV premiere of Samurai 7 on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 9:00 pm ET as part of the channel’s new Wednesday “Animayhem” block. The cable TV premiere of Samurai 7 will air on IFC on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. The half-hour series will air in conjunction with IFC’s “Samurai Saturdays,” a weekly presentation of classic, Asian martial-arts-themed movies.
MIT Symposium on Anime and Manga
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will host an academic symposium entitled “Violence and Desire in Japanese Popular Culture” on April 14 and 15. The event will feature presentations by John O’Donnell and professors from Duke, Tufts, Harvard, and MIT.
Manga Based Noh Play
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8436
Early Post War Anime Restored
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8440
NY Children’s Film Festival to Screen Miyazaki Titles
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8442
Kappa Mikey Premieres on Nicktoons
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8351
New Gundam Seed Anime
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8450
4Kids Licenses Pretty Cure
Al Kahn, CEO of 4Kids Entertainment, announced at the ICv2 Anime & Manga panel New York Comic Convention that 4Kids has licensed Pretty Cure, Toei’s long-running magical girl series. The show will apparently run this fall on TV; no further details are available at this time.
Reviews
Fruits Basket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruits_Basket
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/fruits_basket/
http://www.fruits-basket.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Emperor
Yojimbo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yojimbo_%28film%29
Fistful of Dollars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fistful_of_Dollars
Dan Doh!!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3710
Bible Black
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Black
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=390
Podcast Promos
Happy House of Hentai
http://happyhouseofhentai.libsyn.com
AnimeYume Podcast
http://www.animeyume.org/podcasts.php
We’re back again, and we’ve got a great episode for you. We give you all the latest news and review Bleach and Naruto. Batou does a review of Binchou-tan, Chigo reviews Jigoku Shoujo, and I review Oh My Goddess!
Binchou-Tan - Even if you receive it as a present, burn the disc and piss on the ashes.
Jigoku Shoujo - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers.
Oh My Goddess!
Show Notes
News
Kiki’s Delivery Service Screening at University of Wisconsin
Kiki’s Delivery Service will be screened at the Madison Cinematheque at the University of Wisconsin on April 29 at 7:30pm. The print will be a 35 print with Japanese audio and English subtitles.
Fullmetal Alchemist on YTV
YTV has announced in their anime bulletin that Fullmetal Alchemist will premiere Friday, March 3 at 10pm.
New CPM Manga Licenses
http://www.centralparkmedia.com/cpmdb/06PRESS.pdf
Butler Cafe
http://www.akadot.com/article.php?a=453
http://www.butlers-cafe.jp/
Advent Children Release Date
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children has been slated for DVD and UMD release on April 25. The 2-disc special edition DVD will retail for $26.96 and will feature anamorphic widescreen video, Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, deleted scenes, story digest, “making of” featurette, Venice Film Festival footage and a preview of upcoming Final Fantasy VII games.
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Dub Cast
The full cast, which includes anime regulars such as Crisping Freeman and Beau Billingslea, as well as Hollywood actors like Mena Suvari, can be seen in the encyclopedia.
Yamato Toys Releases Howl’s Moving Castle Figures
http://www.yamatotoysusa.com/YUS…
http://www.yamatotoysusa.com/YUS…
Protoculture Addicts Issue 82 E-Book
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/catalog/product_info.php…
New Anime
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8380
Funimation Licenses Crayon Shin-Chan
According to parent company Navarre, Funimation has licensed Crayon Shin-chan and is expecting to release the series in late 2007.
Dragonball Z Back on Cartoon Network
tarting Wednesday Night, Dragonball Z will return to Cartoon Network and will air Mondays through Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. ET, right before Adult Swim.
The Brattle Anime Festival Online Ticketing
http://www.brattlefilm.org/tbaf/
Pokemon Kicks Off 10th Anniversary
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8390
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Rise of the Sacred Beasts Website Tie In
http://www.yugioh.com/
Studio Ghibli Opens Flag Ship Store in its Men’s Clothing Business
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8391
http://www.shitateya-ghibli.com/index.html
Kyou no Go no Ni Update
http://www.5-2.jp/index.html
Prefectural Earth Defense Force Removed from Online Retailers
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8396
Full Metal Panic 2nd Raid OAV Announced
http://www.tdd-1.com/0401/166.html
Ape Escape Anime
http://www.piposaru.com/
Canadian Child Exploitation Coordination Center Misdefines Anime
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8399
Funimation Financial Shortfall Explained
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8382
Adult Swim “Fix” Goes 24/7
On Monday, March 27, AdultSwim.com will launch Adult Swim Fix, streaming full-length episodes twenty-four hours a day online. Seven archival episodes will be available at all times, while premieres will continue to debut on Fridays, two days before they appear on-air.
Otakon Posts Artist Alley Rules
http://www.otakon.com/alley.asp
Reviews
Binchou-Tan
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5314
http://www.tbs.co.jp/bincho/
Jigoku Shoujo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigoku_Shoujo
http://www.jigokushoujo.com/
Oh My Goddess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_My_Goddess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_My_Goddess%21_%28OVA%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Mini-Goddess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah%21_My_Goddess_The_Movie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah%21_My_Goddess_%28TV%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urd_%28Norse_Mythology%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdandi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skuld_%28Norse_Mythology%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirae
We’ve got a great show, we review the Prince of Tennis movie. We also review Bleach and Naruto. Batou reviews Final Approach, Chigo reviews the entire Tenchi Muyo! saga, and I review Fullmetal Alchemist.
Prince of Tennis Movie - Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it
Final Approach - Wouldn’t kick it out of the bed for crackers.
Tenchi Muyo!
Fullmetal Alchemist - Download Now!
Show Notes
Friendly Podcasts
Weekly Anime Review Podcast
http://weeklyanimereview.libsyn.com/
Oz Podcast
http://ozanimepodcast.blogspot.com/
Happy House of Hentai
http://happyhouseofhentai.libsyn.com/
The J!
http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/
News
Funimation Films Website Launches
http://www.funimationfilms.com/
Naruto #1 in Canada with Teens
http://www.corusmedia.com/ytv/newsletter/february_06.pdf
Otakon 2006 Pre-Reg Open
http://www.otakon.com/registration.asp
Bonus Shinichiro Watanabe Event in Houston
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8318
Valentines Day JPOP Party in Ottawa
http://soap.ottawa-anime.org/events/feb_dance.jpg
Wizard World Boston Cancelled
http://www.anime-cons.com/news/article.shtml/242
New Rumiko Takahashi Short Manga
http://www.bigoriginal.shogakukan.co.jp/next/index.html
Top Movies of 2005 in Japan
http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/index.html
Ghost in The Shell Individual Eleven Details
http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/39_/index.html
Digital Manga Launches New Yaoi Imprint
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1501
Howl Shut out at Annie Awards
http://annieawards.com/33rdannieawardwinners.htm
Prefectural Earth Defense Force Release
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8271
New .Hack Anime
On Monday there was an official press conferance announcing the April broadcast of .hack//Roots, a new TV series entry in the .hack universe. Animation will again be handled by Bee Train and Yuki Kajiura’s FictionJunction, YUUKA will provide the opening theme.
Prince of Tennis OAV
http://www.tenipuri.com/main.html
Shinichiro Watanabe in Houston Interview
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20937
Otaku University
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1511
http://www.otakuuniversity.com/
Anime Dance in Vancouver
http://www.vanime.ca/dance/
Article on Anime Bootlegs
http://www.westword.com/Issues/2006-02-09/news/news.html
Akira Ifukube Dies
Akira Ifukube, the extremely prolific composer for Godzilla, Atragon and many other movies, died of multiple organ failure on February 8 at the age of 91.
Reviews
The Prince of Tennis Movie
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4433
Final Approach
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4542
http://www.trinet-ent.com/princess_hour/
Tenchi Muyo!
Fullmetal Alchemist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal_alchemist
http://www.fullmetalalchemist.com/flash_index.html
http://mbs.jp/hagaren/index2.html
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/hagaren/
http://www.bones.co.jp/hr/hr.html
We’ve got a great show for you this week. We review Bleach and Naruto, Batou reviews Kage Kara Mamoru, Chigo reviews Sexy Commando, and I review Outlaw Star.
Kage Kara Mamoru - Wait until it hits the US and NetFlix it
Sexy Commando - Pi, or Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers/Download Now
Outlaw Star - Wouldn’t kick it out of bed for crackers
Show Notes:
News:
Otakon Enforces Copyright at Artists’ Alley
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8273
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8274
http://www.otakon.com/news_article.asp?id=158
Gintama TV series
TV Tokyo has announced that the Gintama manga will be adapted into a TV series to be screened in April. The Gintama TV series will be produced by Sunrise.
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/gintama/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=4733
Anime on The South Bank Show
Britain’s ITV1 will air an episode of The South Bank Show on February 19 that will focus on anime. Included in the program will be interviews with anime industry representatives such as Mitsuhisa Ishikawa. The South Bank Show is the longest continuously running arts programme on television.
http://www.itv.com/page.asp?partid=2380
Montreal Otakuthon
The Otaku Anime of Concordia University will be hosting Otakuthon on June 10 and 11 at Concordia University.
http://www.otakuthon.com/
New Viz Properties from NATPE
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8277
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1487
Howl’s Moving Castle Nominated for Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for the 78th annual Academy Awards. For the Academy Award for Animated Feature, the nominees are Howl’s Moving Castle, Burton’s Corpse Bride and Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit. The Academy Award winners will be announced on Sunday, March 5 in an awards ceremony starting at 5pm Pacific standard time.
Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1488
Top Selling Anime DVD Movies
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8289
Funimation Seeks Convention Crew
http://www1.funimation.com/volunteer/
Kurosagi Live Action
Sankei Sports reports that the Kurosagi manga, by Takeshi Natsuhara & Kuromaru, is to be adapted into a live-action TV series. Tomohisa Yamashita, from the J-pop group News, will star as the main character.
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200601/gt2006012604.html
ImaginAsian TV Launches Home Video Label
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8293
Tokyo Anime Fair New York
On February 6, The day preceding their Tokyo Festa in New York, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will be holding an industry only event, Tokyo International Anime Fair in New York. The event will include a trade show, and presentations from Bandai Visual USA, TOEI, Studio 4C, Sojitz Corporation and Tokyo Anime Center.
Shinichiro Watanabe at Michigan State University
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1490
The Anime Network on DirecTV
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8296
New York Comic-Con Announces Anime Programming
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1494
Anime Song on American Idol
Years ago, we received a news submission about someone singing an anime theme song on American Idol. The song in question was Fly Me to the Moon. The person e-mailing us was unaware that Fly Me to the Moon was a popular american song that predated Evangelion by many years. However tonight’s American Idol did feature an anime song… Jigglypuff’s song from Pokemon.
Oyayubihime Infinity Licensed by CMX
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1495
Mew Mew Power Broadcast Finished
4Kids has announced on its forums that it has broadcast all 26-episodes of Mew Mew Power that it has. According to the post, “[4Kids is] trying to get more, but can’t say when or IF this will happen.” In total, 52 episodes of Tokyo Mew Mew have been produced and broadcast in Japan.
Geneon - Tokyopop Cross Promote
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8291
Stone Bridge Press Announces Anime Encyclopedia 2nd Edition
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1496
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Lecture in Miami
http://www.fiu.edu/%7Etmont002/indexfestival.html
Fair Use Details
http://www.chillingeffects.org/
Reviews
Kage Kara Mamoru
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6114
http://www.aniplex.co.jp/kagemamo/index.html
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/kagemamo/
Sexy Commando
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy_Commando_Gaiden:_Sugoiyo%21_Masaru-san
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,730,xmmdvf,sekushi_command.html
Outlaw Star
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_Star
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,449,wdsags,outlaw_star.html
http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/datacard/card0139.htm
Here is our first promo, it’s 39 seconds long, so if you like our show, use it on yours. Of course we’re always willing to play other show’s promos as well.
